Unit 4

Unit 4: Global Connections (1450 - 1750)

Unit 4 Notes:






Unit 4 Day 1
Topics: Italian Renaissance, Machiavelli, secularism, individualism

Learning Objectives
Students will

• Analyze how Italian society produced a new age of cultural achievement in Europe.
• Assess the important intellectual achievements of the Renaissance and how those ideas were reflected in works of art.

Quickwrite: What two ancient cultures did the Italian Renaissance rely on to revive European culture after the Middle Ages?

SAS #1355: Leonardo da Vinci

Homework: Read Ch. 12.3 & 12.4

Unit 4 Day 2
Topics: Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther, Peace of Augsburg, Henry VIII, Counter Reformation

Learning Objectives
Students will

• Analyze how the Protestant Reformation led to a split in the Christian Church.
• Assess how different forms of Protestantism spread throughout Europe.
• Assess how the Catholic Church responded to the Reformation.

Quickwrite: What were the ideas of Christian humanism?

Homework: Read Ch. 13.1

Unit 4 Day 3
Topics: European exploration, "God, Glory & Gold," Spanish Empire, Columbian Exchange

Learning Objectives
Students will

• Analyze the motivations of Europeans to explore across the seas.
• Assess the technological developments that allowed Europeans to make long-distance voyages.
• Determine the major impacts of European exploration on the Old and New Worlds.

Quickwrite: From the map on page 431, summarize the parts of the world that each European nation seems to be interested in exploring.

Homework: Read Ch. 13.2 & 13.3

Unit 4 Day 4
Topics: Triangular trade, Middle Passage, Spanish Empire

Learning Objectives
Students will

• Analyze how European expansion affected Africa with the dramatic increase of the slave trade.
• Analyze how Portugal and Spain profited from their Latin American colonies.
• Assess the spread of the Catholic faith throughout the Latin American colonies.

Quickwrite: Describe the triangular trade that emerged during the sixteenth century.



Homework: Read Ch. 14.1

Unit 4 Day 5
Topics: Dutch rebellion against Spain, Elizabeth I, French Huguenots

Learning Objectives
Students will

• Analyze the religious and political conflicts that erupted in many European nations.
• Analyze how these conflicts changed the political order in Europe.

Quickwrite: What lands did the Spanish Hapsburg Empire rule over in Europe? (see map on p. 455)

Art & Architecture of the Gunpowder Empires (NEW! See Rubric)

Homework: Read Ch. 14.2 & 14.3

Unit 4 Day 6
Topics: Thirty Years' War, English Revolution, Louis XIV, absolutism, Peter the Great

Learning Objectives
Students will

• Analyze the religious and political conflicts that erupted in many European nations.
• Analyze how these conflicts changed the political order in Europe.
• Describe the rise of absolutism in Europe.

Quickwrite: Describe a witchcraft trial in the early 17th century.

Homework: Read Ch. 15.1

Unit 4 Day 7
Topics: Ottoman Empire, fall of Constantinople, conflict with Eastern Europe

Learning Objectives
Students will

• Analyze how the Ottoman Empire grew strong as it expanded its borders.
• Assess the political, religious, and cultural achievements of the Ottoman Empire.

Quickwrite: Using the map on page 485, summarize the expansion of the Ottoman Empire.

Homework: Read Ch. 15.2

Unit 4 Day 8
Topics: Safavid Empire, Persia, Shah Abbas

Learning Objectives
Students will

• Analyze how the Safavids used their faith as a unifying force.
• Assess the height of the Safavid rule of Persia under Shah Abbas.

Quickwrite: What version of Islam did the Safavid Empire practice?

Homework: Read Ch. 15.3

Unit 4 Day 9
Topics: Mogul Empire, Islam in India, Akbar the Great, Taj Mahal, British conquest, East India Company

Learning Objectives
Students will

• Analyze how the Moguls established a new Islamic dynasty in India.
• Assess the interaction of Muslim rulers with their Hindu subjects.
• Evaluate the role of the East India Company in the British conquest of India.

Quickwrite: Using the map on page 499, summarize the expansion of the Mogul Empire.

The Taj Mahal

Homework: Read Ch. 16.1 & 16.2

Unit 4 Day 10
Topics: Ming dynasty, Qing dynasty, European trade with China

Learning Objectives
Students will

• Assess the isolation of China during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
• Evaluate the interaction between Chinese rulers and European merchants.

Quickwrite: Why were the voyages of Zheng He brought to an end?

Homework: Read Ch. 16.3

Unit 4 Day 11
Topics: Political changes in Japan, Tokugawa era

Learning Objectives
Students will

• Evaluate Japan's period of isolation during the early modern age.
• Assess the political and social changes that occurred under Tokugawa rule.

Quickwrite: How long was the Tokugawa rule?

Homework: Read Ch. 16.4



Unit 4 Day 12
Topics: Southeast Asia, Dutch East India Company

Learning Objectives
Students will

• Analyze how the spice trade influenced the politics and culture of Southeast Asia.
• Evaluate the European struggle to control the spice trade in Southeast Asia.

Quickwrite: Using the map on page 527, list the areas of Southeast Asia that were affected by the following religions: Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam

Homework: Study for test on Ch. 12-16.

Unit 4 Day 13
Topics: Unit 4 test tomorrow!

Learning Objectives
Students will

• Catch up and review for Unit 4 test tomorrow on chapters 12-16.

Quickwrite: Create a multiple choice question that might be on the test.

Homework: Study for test on Ch. 12-16.

Unit 4 Test Day
Study Guide
Homework: Read Ch. 17.1 & 17.2

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